§ 1. The total number of senators referred to in Article 67, § 1, 1°, 3°, 6°, is shared within each linguistic group on the basis of the electoral figure of the lists obtained at the moment of the election of the senators referred to in Article 67, § 1, 1°, according to the system of proportional representation that is determined by law.
For the designation of the senators referred to in Article 67, § 1, 3°, only the lists can be taken into consideration on which at least one senator referred to in Article 67, § 1, 1°, is elected and from the moment that a sufficient number of members elected on this list sit, according to the case, on the Council of the Flemich Community or the Council of the French Community.
For the designation of the senators referred to in Article 67, § 1, 6° only the lists can be taken into consideration on which at least one senator referred to in Article 67, § 1, 1°, is elected.
§ 2. For the election of the senators referred to in Article 67, § 1, 1°, the ballot is obligatory and secret. Voting takes place at the commune, except for cases determined by law.
§ 3. For the election of senators referred to in Article 67, § 1, 1°, the law determines the electoral circumscriptions and the composition of the electoral colleges; it also determines the conditions which must he met in order to he an elector, as well as those for the carrying out of electoral operations.
The law determines the designation of the senators referred to in Article 67, § 1, 3°, with the exception of the terms stipulated by a law adopted by the majority provided for in Article 4, last paragraph, which are determined by decree by the Community Councils, each one for matters of its concern. This decree must be adopted by a two-third majority of the votes expressed, on condition that the majority of the members of the Council concerned are present.
The senator referred to in Article 67, § 1, 5°The law determines the appointment of the senators referred to in Article 67, § 1, 6°.
